Brassiere



April 11, A, BECKER ETAL 2,346,411

BRASSIERE Filed July 5, 1943 IN I 'EN TOR.

BY may r. Becker Patented Apr. 11, 1944 *OFFICE BRASSIERE Abraham S. Becker and Victor I. Becker,

Los Angeles, Calif.

Application July a, 1943, Serial No. 493,376

.2 Claims.

This invention relates to brassieres, and more particularly to a brassiere adapted'to support and shape the breasts to desired conformation,

In our Patent No. 2,317,664, dated April 2'1, 1943, is shown a brassire having someQf the features of the present invention. In said patented brassiere is shown adjustable breast o ings covered at the front by adjustable flaps which are movable, to lowered position to expose the breasts through the openings, for nursing purposes. The present brassire is not of the nursing type, and while incorporating the breast openings constructed as shown and described in the above mentioned patent, it does not employ the movable and adjustable flaps thereover. Instead it provides fixed and immovable cup-shaped outer coverings or front panels over the breast openings so that the breasts accommodated therein and held in conformity therewith, will be encompassed by said coverings and covered and supported thereby.

In a brassiere of this character is'therefore provided the. combination of an adjustable breastconforming opening with a non-adjustable permanently-shaped covering member, and through this combination of elements, a comfortable accommodation of the breasts is attained with the desirable moulding characteristics usually sought in garments of this character.

More particularly, the invention contemplates the provision of a brassiere having breast openings which are extensible because of overlapped parts of the garment disposed around the same, and which are covered by an outer covering of fixed shape and size and which is non-adjustable.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part hereof, Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a brassiere constructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2 is a view of the inner side of the brassire; Fig. 3 is a sectional view through one of the breast-supporting portions of the brassiere, and Fig. 4 is a modified elastic insert located between the breast supports.

With reference to the structure shown in Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, the body portion of the garment is composed of the two main inner sections I and 2 adapted to be detachably united at the rear, when the garment is in position of wear, by means of the hooks 3 secured at the end of the elastic webbing 4 on section 2, which are selectively engaged with one pair of the eyelets 5 on the tab portion 6 located at the end of the portion I. At the front of the garment, the sections I and 2 are connected at the lower part by elastic webbing I which is extensible longitudinally of the garment, but not transversely thereof. Above the elastic insert, the two body portions I and 2 are connected by the open-mesh inelastic insert 8. A variation of this arrangement is shown in Fig. 4, wherein'an inverted v-s'ection vi? of elastic webbing extends forthe full width of the garment between the breast-receiving parts. 7

Each of the body portions I and 2 includes an orificed cupped insert I0, having a breast orifice II, the edge of saidopening being suitably reinforced by the binding I2. It will be noted that the material of each of the cupped sections ID is overlapped, as indicated at I3 and I4, said overlapping occurring below each orifice so that these overlapped portions are located between the orifice and an arcuately curved reinforcing strip I5 extending around the marginal edge of the insert II) from the point I6 near the central line of the garment to the point IT.

The result of this construction is to cause the body portions I and 2 and particularly the breast sections I0 surrounding the orifices II to assume a cupped or frustro-conical conformation, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, and since the material of these sections around the orifices is overlapped and unsecured adjacent to the marginal edges of the orifices, expansion of the orifices under breast pressure, without material change in the shape of the orifices, is attained.

Each of the body portions I and 2 is provided with cupped outer covering panels I9 and 20, shaped to conform to the shape of the portions III and extending over and covering the same. These outer covering panels I9 and 20 may be con structed in any suitable manner, such as for example, having the lower portions of closelywoven fabric, as indicated at 2|, and the upper part of mesh or lace-work, as indicated at 22. These cover panels are formed of segmental sections stitched together resulting in a permanently cupped formation, serving in co-operation with the orificed parts I 0 to both support the busts and to provide moulding conformation thereof. The manner in which the permanently attached cover members I9 and 20 extend over the orificed members II) will be clearly seen in Fig. 3, and it will be clear from the same that while the orificed elements I!) tend to shape or cone the breasts, the fixed and non-expansible outer covering panels limit marked breast protrusion and thus act as a restraining influence as well as a support.

The garment is supported from the shoulders in the conventional manner, by the shoulder straps 25, secured at 26 to the body portions I and outer coverings provide a supporting and restrain-- ing action.

Having described several embodiments of the invention, it is obvious that the same is not to be restricted thereto but is broad enough to cover, 4

all structures coming within the nexed claims.

What we claim is:

1. In a brassiere, a body portion having a' breast-covering area provided with an inner breast section formed with a breast orifice, said inner section having overlapped parts permitting distension of said orifice under breast pressure, said inner section being surrounded byan arcuate binding member having one end located at the upper edge of the garment slightly to one side of the vertical center line thereof and curving downwardly and i around the inner breast section and extending upwardly to the top edge of the garment, the lowermost part or said arcuate binding member being located well above the scope of the an'- 5 ate seaming reinforcement having one end located at the upper edge of the garment adjacent to the vertical center line thereof, said seaming reinforcement extending downwardly on a curved line and thence upwardly to reach and have its other endterminate at the upper edge of the garment remote from the center thereof, the lowermost extension of said reinforcement being spaced above and away from the lower edge of the garment; said orificed inner breast sectionhavine unsecured' overlapped parts maintained in overlapped relation well above the lower edge of the garment by said arcuate seaming reinforcement,and a fixed cupped outer covering member having its lower edge engaged in and maintained by said arcuate reinforcement, said cuppedouter member overlying the orificed inner breast section and constituting a non-adjustable, perma} nently shaped outer covering member.

1 'ABRAHAM s. BECKER. f

VICTOR I. BECKER. 

